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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1987
"FURTHERMORE, THEY CAN MOTIVATE THESE
ELDERLY
ΤΟ PARTICIPATE MORE IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND BECOME A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY CENTRE, MRS WONG SAID.
MRS WONG URGED THE ELDERLY TO JOIN THE RANKS OF VOLUNTEERS, SO THAT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS, THEY COULD LEARN NEW THINGS, FACE UP TO CHALLENGE IN LIFE AND KEEP UP WITH THE FAST CHANGES IN SOCIETY,
"THROUGH HELPING THE LESS FORTUNATE, THE ELDERLY TO REAFFIRM THEIR SELF-VALUE AND RECTIFY THE MISCONCEPTION ARE PASSIVE AND RELIANT ON OTHERS AND ULTIMATELY TO MAKE MORE MEANINGFUL, SHE SAID.
WILL BE ABLE
THAT THEY
THEIR LIFE
FOR
ADDRESSING THE 37TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD AT THE ST. JAMES SETTLEMENT'S NEW BUILDING, MRS WONG COMPLIMENTED THE AGENCY ITS DIVERSIFIED COMMUNITY SERVICES, ESPECIALLY ITS PIONEER SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.
THE AGENCY HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 1919 AND ITS INCLUDE CHILD CARE, YOUTH, ELDERLY REHABILITATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.
SERVICES MENTALLY
APPLICATION FORMS FOR PRIMARY ONE PLACES NOW AVAILABLE
* * * * *
PARENTS WHO WISH TO APPLY FOR A PRIMARY ONE PLACE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR UNDER THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION SYSTEM CAN OBTAIN APPLICATION FORMS FROM TODAY (TUESDAY) UNTIL OCTOBER 3, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT APPLICATION THIS ADMISSION TO PRIMARY ONE IS OPEN TO ALL HONG KONG BELONGING WHO WERE BORN ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1982 AND WHO ARE NOT IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL.
YEAR FOR
CHILDREN STUDYING
HE SAID THAT PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE ATTENDING KINDERGARTENS CAN OBTAIN THE APPLICATION FORMS AND RELATED INFORMATION SHEETS FROM THE KINDERGARTENS
THE FORMS
FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN NOT ATTENDING KINDERGARTENS, ARE AVAILABLE IN DISTRICT OFFICES AND OFFICES OF THE EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT.
THE SPOKESMAN